Window-screen.



J. I. DUNTLEY.

wmoow SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 8' 1914.

1 1 59, 1 94. 1 Patented Nai 2, 1915.

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JOSEPH I. "DUN'IIFLVEY, on LYNN, ivmssaonusnrrs.

WINDOW-SCREEN. 7

Application filed December 8, 1914; Seria1No. 876,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I. DUNTLEY, a CllllZfl'l' of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of EsseX andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in \Vindow- Screens, of which'the'following is a specification. I

My invention relates to window screens and it has for its object to provide anim provedarticle of this class and also to provide an attachment for ordinary window screens which, when applied to a screen, makes it possible to operate an awning located upon the outside of the building without disturbing the screen. I The invention consists of a window screen, and of an attachment fora window screen, embodying the novel features I of construction and operation set forth in the following description and 7' particularly pointed out and defined in the claims at the close thereof. In the accompanying drawingsz Figure 1 is an elevation of the inner side 'of a win dow screen embodying one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of a portion of a building showing my improved screen applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a'n enlarged detail of a portion of a window screen showing the attachment, forming part of my invention, applied thereto. Fig.

- is an elevation of the opposite side of the attachment. Fig. 5 is .an end-view of "the attachment. Flg. 6 1s a sectional detail.

The window screen shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises arectangular frame provided at each side thereof with metal eyes a by means of which the screen is fastened in theposition in the window that it is to occupy. About midway of the height of the screen .is a cross bar a which, together with the lower portion of the frame A, provides a rectangular opening a at the lower end of the frame work within which is removably secured a rectangular supplemental frame A to which is permanently secured in the usual fashion, a piece of wire netting a In order to secure the supplemental screen A within the main frame Athe latter is provided upon its outer side with an inwardly projecting flange a which may be made from molding secured to the outer side of the frame A, and the supplemental screen A occupies a position between this flange a and three fasteners a each, as shown in Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

with a hole a? therethrough.

slot a is fastened, by means of screwsa Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

6, consisting of a right angled piece of wire having one branch thereof threaded and I screwed into-the main frame of the screen so that the branch of said fastener-which is asbymeans of screws a a panel'B which with the parts carried thereby-constitutes mynew'lattachment referred to above. This panel may be of wood or the like and is pref erably of the same thicknesses-the frame A, being formed with a vertical slot a and Within the the supporting frame of apulley a and as shown in Fig.2 one of the two usual'operating cords extends fro'm'the awning frame C upwardly through the slot a and over the pulley a with its freeend upon the inner side of the screen. This cord is shown at 0.

Upon the inner side of panel B and imme' diately-below the ho'lea is mounted a pul- "ley (Z arra'ngedso that its axis ishorlzontal. Secured to the outer side of'the panel B at one side'of the hole a a similarpulley a with its axisv-ertically disposed. The

other operating cord of the awningsaid cord being shown at o -extends from .the.

awning frame arounda pulley (1) secured to the outer side of the screen within the upper corner thereof opposlte the corner where? the panel B is located, and thence around pulley a through opening {a and over pulley d the free end of said cord hanging down upon the inner side of t-he screen within the building and alongside of the cord 0.

A. piece 0' B practically uncovered is permanently fastened at its margin to the main frame A, panel B and cross bar a over the open ng that is within the main frame A above saidfwire netting at having one corner thereof cut away so as to leave the panel plied to an ordinary screen. already constructed and in use, and when so applied makes it possible forthe awning upon the outside of the window to be raised and lowered by an operator upon the'inside of the building Without opening or disturbing the screen.

I provide the screen shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the removably supplemental screen A so that the screen may in part be re moved during the seasons when a screen is not required, the main frame A with the the incorporation of the attachment in such a screen not only lengthens the life of the latter b increasin the stren th and ri idit v D 23 b I of its frame but the stiffening and strengthening functions of the panel B adapts the frame tobear the additional strain imposed upon it by the awning whether it be the frame of the screen shown in Figs. 1 and 2 Orthe frame ofan ordinary scr'eento which the panel'B with its equipment of pulleys is applied.

What I claim is: v

1. A window screen comprising a. rectangular frame adapted to be secured in position at a window; wire netting or the like secured to said frame; a panel fitted and secured within one of the upper corners of the frame, said panelbeing made with two cord O)Q1ll11 'S therethrou h' a Julie} secured to said panel adjacent one of said openings for guiding one of the operating cords of an awning through said opening; two pulleys secured to said panel adjacent the other cordopening, one of said pulleys being upon the inner side of the panel at the lower side of said opening and arranged with its axis horizontal and the other. of

said pulleys being upon the outer side of said panel-at one side of said opening and having its axis disposed vertically, and a pulley on the outside of said frame secured to the latter near the other upper corner thereof.

2. The above described attachment for window screens comprising a panel adapted to fit within one of the upper corners of the frame of an ordinar screen and to be securedto said frame, said panel being made with two cord openings therethrough, a pulley secured to'said panel adjacent one of said openings for guiding one of the operating cords of an awning tl rough said opening, and twopulleys secured to said panel adjacent the other cord opening, one of said pulleys being upon the inner side of the panel at the lower side of said opening and arranged with its axis horizontal and the other of said pulleys being upon the outer side of said panel at one side of said opening and havingits axis'disposed vertically.

3. A Window screen comprising a main rectangular frame havinga cross bar near its middle; means for attaching said frame to its support; a supplemental frame removably mounted within the main frame belo'v. said cross bar; means separably securing said supplemental frame within said main frame; wire netting or the like secured to said supplemental frame; wire netting or the like secured to the main frame and cross bar above the latter; a panel secured within the main frame near the upper end of the latter andrnade with cord openings, and pulleys secured to said panel adjacent said openings for guiding the operating cords of an awning through said openings.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH I. DUNTLEY. Witnesses:

Y EoW nD N. CARPENTER,

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